blackhistory

Fisk University was founded in Nashville, Tenn. in 1866. As an institution for African-American students, their first years of incep...

In June of 1882, a 30-year-old shoemaker by the name of Homer Plessy of New Orleans led a revolution that aimed to overturn Jim Crow...

Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with...

After the Civil War, the Reconstruction era brought about hope and change in the form of citizenship and equality in America. Black...

One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age...

Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the...